Hi there and welcome to meet the press now. I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington.

As President Trump is set to make an announcement later this hour from Palm Beach, Florida,

alongside his defense secretary Pete Hegseth, as well as the

Secretary of the Navy. The announcement comes as the Trump administration is ratcheting up its

pressure campaign against the Maduro regime in Venezuela, seizing oil tankers amid a barrage

of lethal strikes against alleged drugboats. The U.S. Coast Guard says it is an active pursuit of another sanctioned oil tanker yesterday

off the coast of Venezuela, that according to two U.S. officials.

The vessel known as Bella One was placed on the U.S. sanctions list back in June of 2024.

It comes a day after DHS Secretary Kristy Nome released this video, showing the U.S. Coast Guard

apprehending a different oil tanker on Saturday, also off the coast of Venezuela.

It was the second tanker the U.S. successfully intercepted this month.

Adding to the tensions, the Pentagon has conducted at least 28 strikes on boats.

The administration says are used to traffic drugs, killing 103 people. It all comes as questions loom over the administration's

actual endgame. In an exclusive phone interview with President Trump last week before these

latest escalations, NBC's Kristen Welker asked the president if he ruled out the possibility

that this could lead to war. The president initially said, I don't discuss it. But when pressed

further, he said, quote, I don't rule it out. No. And on the question of whether he wants to see

Venezuela's leader, Nicholas Maduro, out of power. If that was the ultimate goal, the president

said, quote, he knows what I want. Lawmakers within the president's party, however, appear

divided on whether the U.S. should be pursuing regime change. Take a listen. I support the idea

of standing up to Maduro, and I want him to go.

I am all in the camp for regime change.

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